Bible Encyclopedias
Angoulême
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Town in the department of Charente, France, where, about 1240, a controversy took place between Nathan ben Joseph Official, and the bishop of Angoulême. In a letter to the bishops of Angoulême, Pope Gregory IX. (1227-41) expressed his deep dissatisfaction at the persecutions of the Jews of that place by the Crusaders.
Bibliography:- Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 63.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Angoulême'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/angoulme.html. 1901.